2,100 want magistrate promoted
Petition governor to put Black judge on Superior Court
JIM CHAPMAN | The Journal Gazette
More than 2,100 people have signed a petition urging the governor to appoint a local magistrate as the next Allen Superior Court judge.
ChangeMakers Fort Wayne, a local social activist group, is asking Gov. Eric Holcomb to appoint a qualified Black judge and believes that person is Superior Court Magistrate Lori Morgan.
“Lori Morgan is highly qualified for this vacancy,” said Daylana Saunders, co-founder of ChangeMakers Fort Wayne. “If not now, then when.”
The governor will appoint a successor to replace Superior Court Judge Charles Pratt in the court's Family Relations Division. Pratt announced last month he'll retire in May.